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January Felix the Cat (tv)/(tvss), Joe Oriolo /Felix the Cat Productions. (drawn animation) Goliath II (ss), Wolfgang Reitherman /Disney. April Winchell (January 4, 1960- ) (voice actress) born in New York, New York. |
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January Yuji Moriyama (Moriyama Yuji 森山雄治, もりやまゆうじ) (January 6, 1960- ) (director, character designer, writer, animator) born in Tokyo. |
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February Shoji Kawamori (Kawamori Shoji 河森正治) (February 2, 1960- ) (director, writer, designer, animator, storyboard artist) born. Yuzo Sato (Sato Yuzo, 佐藤 雄三) (February 19, 1960- ) (animator, storyboard artist, director, voice actor) born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima. |
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March Snezhniyat chovek ("The Snowman") (ss), Radka Bachvarova /Sofia Animation. (Bulgaria) (drawn animation) |
March Junichi Sato (Sato Junichi 佐藤順一) (March 11, 1960- ) (director, writer, storyboard artist, sound director) born in Nagoya, Aichi. (/p> |
March "Jinro Soju" advertisement (ss)/(adv), Shin Dong-heon. (South Korea) (drawn animation) |
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May Hideaki Anno (Anno Hideaki) (director, writer, animator, character designer, storyboard artist) born in Ube, Yamaguchi. |
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June Gary Trousdale (director, storyboard artist, writer, animator, voice actor) born in La Crescenta, California. |
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July Mouse and Garden (ss), Friz Freleng /Warner Bros. (drawn animation) |
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July Hiroshi Negishi (Negishi Hiroshi) (director, animator, character designer) born in Tokyo. |
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August Hunger Strife (ss), Jack Hannah /Lantz. (drawn animation) first Inspector Willoughby series (1960-1965) |
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August Saiyuki [西遊記] ("Voyage to the West"; "Alakazam the Great") (f), Taiji Yabushita and Osamu Tezuka /Toei. (drawn animation) Tadahito Mochinaga founds MOM Productions to do model animation for the American company, Videocraft International (later Rankin-Bass). |
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October The Bugs Bunny Show (tv), Warner Bros. the first of a long series of shows that featured classic Warner Bros. cartoons on network television (1960-1962) Deputy Dawg (tv)/(tvss), Terrytoons. King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (tv), Total Television (Gamma (Mexico)). |
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November Mr. Magoo (tv)/(tvss), UPA. (drawn animation) |
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December High Note (ss), Charles M. Jones /Warner Bros. (drawn animation) Greg Berg (December 14, 1960- ) (voice actor) born in Napa, California. Raymie Muzquiz (December 21, 1960- ) (director, storyboard artist) born. |
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December Les aventures de Joe ("The Adventures of Joe") (tvss), Jean Image /Image. (France) (drawn animation) (1960-1962) (first French animated television series) |
December Tarako (Tarako Isono, Isono Tarako 磯野鱈子) (December 17, 1960- ) (voice actress) born in Gunma. |
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no date Davey and Goliath (tv)/(tvss), Art Clokey /Clokey. (1960-1972) (model animation) Mel-o-toons (tvss), New World. The New Adventures of Pinocchio (tv)/(tvss), Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. /Videocraft (MOM Pro (Japan)). The Nutty Squirrels (tvss), Transfilm-Wilde. Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer, and Hal Sutherland form Filmation. |
no date El Maná (ss), Jesús de Armas /ICAIC. (Cuba) (drawn animation) Lines Vertical (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada) The Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry) (ICAIC) establishes an animation section. (Cuba) Wendy Tilby (director, animator, writer) born in Edmonton, Alberta. (Canada) |
no date Foo Foo (tvss)/(tv), Halas & Batchelor. (Great Britain). (drawn animation) Chelovechka narisoval ya [Челове́чка нарисова́л] ("I Drew the Little Man") (sf), Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg, and Valentin Layants /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Maly ("The Little Western") (ss), Witold Giersz /Studio Miniatur Filmowych. (Poland) Un oscar per il signor Rossi ("An Oscar for Mr. Rossi") (ss), Bruno Bozzetto /Bozetto. (Italy) Párbaj ("Duel") (ss), Gyula Macskássy and György Várnai /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Rapsodie în lemn ("Rhapsody in Wood") (ss), Bob Calinescu. (Romania) Snip the Magic Scissors ("Snip and Snap") (tvss)/(tv), Halas & Batchelor. (Great Britain) Bruno Bozzetto founds Bruno Bozzetto Films. (Italy) First Journées internationales du cinéma d'animation (JICA) held as a separate festival in Annecy. (France) |
no date "Plus 500 Years" (ss), Shinichi Suzuki /Otogi. (drawn animation) |
no date Dang Doi Thang Cao ("A Duly Punished Fox") (ss), Le Minh Hien /Vietnamese Animated Cartoon. (North Viet Nam) (drawn animation) Dek Kub Mee ("A Child and a Bear") (ss), Payut Ngaokrachang. (Thailand) "I Am Water" (ss), Dong Heon Shin and Chung. (South Korea) "The Intelligent Little Duckling" (ss), Yu Ziguang /Shanghai Animation. (China) Shin Dong-hun creates Shin Dong-hun Productions to make advertising animation. (South Korea) Xuong phim Viet Nam (Vietnamese Animated Cartoon Film Studio) founded. (North Viet Nam) |
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